Truecaller community reports 2m spam calls in Nigeria

Information gotten according to Vanguard is that, Truecaller has announced that its community has reported 2 million spam calls in Nigeria, with a total of 120 000 spam and unwanted calls detected every day across the country.
Truecaller’s data highlights an issue that is becoming an increasing cause for concern in Nigeria as spammers become more adept at harassing and taking advantage of smartphone users in Nigeria.
“Thousands of smartphone users are the victims of spammers in Nigeria every day,” Husain Misherghi, VP of Growth and Partnerships for Truecaller, said, adding that, “You can protect yourself with Truecaller by reporting spam and unwanted numbers, and blocking them forever.
That information is listed in our database and we report it to Truecaller’s community of users, providing a safe and secure communication experience for all Nigerians with easy, hassle-free calls.”
Close to 4 million Nigerians use Truecaller from among the global Truecaller community of over 200 million.
The innovative app enables users to block unwanted and spam calls they have reported to Truecaller, or receive assistance from the app’s database where spam numbers are listed and marked in red. To further protect smartphone users from spam, Truecaller has taken its cutting-edge technology to the next level with Truemessenger, an SMS replacement app that tells users who sent an SMS even if they are not in your contacts.
Truemessenger does for SMS what Truecaller has done for mobile phone calls – identifies incoming SMS, filters and blocks spam SMS, to keep our users’ inboxes safe and clean.
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